Cobb and Co. Coach and Collectables Museum - NSW

In the heart of Liston, the Cobb and Co. Coach & Collectables Museum can be found. You are able to view the broad spectrum of change in the village and the surrounding areas, from the recrafted Cobb and Co. coach by John C. Burton, Junior, to the old Herding Yard Creek/Amosfield/Liston school bell, circa 1875.

2017 The beginnings of the museum—Local Liston resident, John C. Burton, was taken aback when the Seven Mile Lane that runs past his residence near Liston Creek, New South Wales, was renamed Herding Yard Creek Road. This jolted him, in 2017, into wanting to acknowledge the history of the village, and to share with the community and visitors some heritage of the Liston area, in which he has lived all his life. This desire led John, in his late 80s, to build a replica Cobb and Co. stage coach, a nod to the coach service from a bygone era. John’s journey continued with the restoration of a dray, culminating in the establishment of a bush museum in 2020, to remember the good old days.

At 91 years of age, John with his supporters, designed and constructed a building that houses the coach, dray, old harnesses and other collectables. John donated many of his old tools and items of interest to the museum, aptly named Cobb and Co. Coach & Collectables.